Joseph Karl Stieler, Mainz 1781 - 1858 Munich, Portrait of Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen

Joseph Karl Stieler

Mainz 1781 - 1858 Munich

Portrait of Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen (1792-1854)

Oil on canvas

77 x 62 cm, with frame 95 x 78 cm

Inscribed & dated on the reverse by his own hand "Ihre k. Majestaet, Therese Koenigin v. Bayern gemalt v. Jos. Stieler 1856".

Provenance: Property of Henriette Hohenlohe



We thank Dr. Ulrike von Hase-Schmundt, Munich, for her kind assistance.

The portrait, dated by the painter himself to 1856, is listed in Stieler's list of sales: " Koenigin Therese in Brustbild, 2 mal gemalt fuer Erzherz. Hildegarde 50 (Louis d’Or)” (translation: “Queen Therese in bust portrait, painted 2 times for Archduchess Hildegarde 50 (Louis d'Or).") As such, there are two paintings mentioned here. Both works were intended for her daughter, Hildegard Grand Duchess of Hesse in Darmstadt. In the collection of the palace in Darmstadt there is a lithograph, which is clearly based on this picture.



Illustration in: Barbara Beck, Mathilde, Grossherzogin von Hessen und bei Rhein geb. Prinzessin von Bayern (1813-1862). Mittlerin zwischen Muenchen und Darmstadt, Arbeiten der Hessischen Historischen Kommission, Neue Folge Band 7, Darmstadt 1993.